University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Master of Science in Organizational Dynamics Theses Organizational Dynamics Programs 5-1-2011 The Leadership Catalyst: A New Paradigm for Helping Leadership Flourish in Organizations Kevin M. Zachery University of Pennsylvania,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/od_theses_msod Part of the Business Administration, Management, and Operations Commons, and the Nonprofit Administration and Management Commons Zachery, Kevin M., "The Leadership Catalyst: A New Paradigm for Helping Leadership Flourish in Organizations" (2011). Master of Science in Organizational Dynamics Theses. 65. https://repository.upenn.edu/od_theses_msod/65 Submitted to the Program of Organizational Dynamics in the Graduate Division of the School of Arts and Sciences in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Organizational Dynamics at the University of Pennsylvania Advisor: Rodney Napier This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/od_theses_msod/65 For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The Leadership Catalyst: A New Paradigm for Helping Leadership Flourish in Organizations Abstract This thesis codifies a leadership paradigm that was born out of my experience as a naval officer, a corporate manager, and a director in a non-profit program and is informed by my study of leadership over the last 30 years—culminating in my completion of the Organizational Dynamics program. The basis for my model is a declaration that a good leader is someone who develops, creates, or otherwise inspires leadership abilities or improved performance in others—a leadership catalyst. My premise is that by becoming leadership catalysts, people can become force multipliers in their organizations by helping to exponentially improve the organization’s leadership capability.